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- UNITED STAT-Es PATENT oRvrLLE M. 'Monsn, oF JAoKsomMroHrGAN, AssIGNoR To THE KNIoKER- BOCKER COMPANY, OF SA ME PLACE.-A

somme-REEL."

bSPECtIlfICl-LTION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,023, dated April 10l 2.888. I

applicati@ mea ototer 1'9, 1am. serial ro. 252,172. (No modem To all whom, itT may concern,.-

Beit known that'I, ORVILLE M. MolisE, of

Jackson,'in the county of-Jackson and State of,

y Michigan, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Bolting-Reels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a boltingrcel which Ais provided with aninternal agitator, wherebyy the material to bebolted is distributed overthe bolting-cloth and prevented from moving over the bolting-cloth in alarge'bodygandhas for` its object to improve the construction of the agitator.

It iscwell. known that in ordinary looltingreels the material lying upon the lower portion `of the reel` is elevated on` one side of the reel `by the rotation thereof until the friction bey tween it and the surfaceof the reel is overcome,

y these difculties'in a simpleand efficient man Y ner and without any violent or beating action,

which also tends to force impurities through the bolting-cloth.

My-invention consists of the improvements which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and` A a Y the drum,as indicatedgby the arrowsin F1g. 3./

pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-consisting of two sheets, Figure lis a'longitudinal sectional elevation of a bolting-reel provided with r.my improvements. Fig. l2`is a cross-section of the i tudinal section thereof. Figs. 9,10, 11, andfl2 are fragmentary cross-sectionsof moditiedcon-Y structions of the internalagitator.

- lThe agitator-net is preferably composed of.

bolting-cloth. In this construction ofthe ma- Like letters of reference refer toy like parts vin the several figures. v f

`A represents the frame of the reel; a, the top board of the casing; a, the receiving-hopper 55 underneath the reel, and a? the/conveyer. A l l BB represent the movable doors or panels whichv form the sidewalls ofthe casing p c represents the reel-shaft, C the head at the feed end of the reel, and o the head at ,the tail` 6o f end ofthe reel. v A N Dv represents the bolting 'cloth,y extendlngfrom the head C to the "headG, andlvsupported' i by external ribs, d, and rings d.

E represents a drum securedto the reelfsh afta 65 within'the reel and turning therewith. y

F representsv the intern al agitator, composed of a wire net and surrounding the drum E.".This y net may rest directly againstthe outer surface of the drum E, as represented in Figs. 1, 2 and 70, A

4, o r it may be supported at-a distance .from y the outersurface of the drum by rings e' and standards e', as represented in Figs. 7 and 8,o`r

rit may be supported by rings e2, resting'against n the, edgesof a polygonal drum, yas represented in Figs'. 9,10, and llforit may be applied` in l sections to the drum, as represented in Fig.`12, Y instead of enveloping the entire drum. l

spiral wires `extending lengthwise of the reel and the drum and intertwined or interlo/oked lwith each other, as represented inV Fig. 3.,.The

interlocked spiral' wires formalternate ridgesand depressions which extend spirally around` These spiral ridges propel the materialtoward y the tail end of the reel and enable the latter to be arranged horizontally. p Y

'In theconstruction of the machine reprej sented in Figs. 1, 2,14, 7, 8', 49, 1Q, l1, and12 the 9c agitator-net is arranged at adistance from the l inner surface of theboltingl-cloth, so asto' leave a free space between the agitator and the bolting-cloth, the former touching no part of, the

chine'the agitator serves to breakup the mass `of the material to be bolted, so as to prevent considerableaccumulations frombeingformed, and causes the material to be turnediover fre- 1 quently in passing over the bolting-surface. It also .servesto elevate the 'material on vthe ascendingside of thereeland todistribute'it rco over the larger portion of the reelsurface on the ascending side thereof, and its action is so gentle that no impurities are forced by it through the bolting-cloth.

Whenl the agitator-netis supported at a distance from the surface of the drum, as represented in Figs. 7 and 8, or at a distance from portions of the surface of the drum, as represented in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, the free space or spaces formed between the agitator and the drum cause the material to pass repeatedly through the agitator toward and from the drum, whereby the disintegrating action of the agitator is increased.

In the construction of the machine represented in Figs. 5 and 6 the drum E', which supports the agitating-net, and the reel are rotated with dii'erential speed by means of sep-v arate driving-pulleys g g,or by other suitable means. In this construction the agitating-net hangs loosely on the drum and touches the lower portion of the bolting-cloth, as represented in Fig. 5. As the drum and the reel rotate with differential speed, the line of conl tact of the agitator with the net changes continually, and the agitator has in this case the additional function of keeping the meshes of the bolting-oloth clear.

4. The combination,with a bolting-reel,of a

drum arranged within the reel, supports at tached to the drum and projecting beyond the surface thereof, and an agitator-net resting upon said supports, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 15th day of October, 1887.

ORVILLE M. MORSE.

' Vtnesses:

C. H. BENNETT, JN0. G. MUNDY. 

